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H. L. ERSKINE.

HAND STAMP.

No. 357,587. Patented Feb. 15, 1887* WITNESSES I u, PETERS, PhnluLithographur. Washington 0.0

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARLO L. ERSKINE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

HAN D=STAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,587, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed August 24, 1885. Serial No. 175,226. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARLO L. ERSKINE, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Starnps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of. this'improvement is to provide hand-stamps adapted to rapidly and legibly print figures, letters, or words on any part of the page of ablank-book or document, and to attain greater dispatch and perfection in such work, especially when the same figures, letters, or words are to be repeated a great number of times. These results are achieved by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings herewith filed as part hereof, in which the same letters of reference denote the same parts in the different views.

Figure l is a top view of a hand-stamp embodying the features of my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional representation of one end of the device, more fully illustrating the construction and relation of the parts. Fig. 4 is a similarview of the end opposite'to that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a representation of one of the parts detached.

- A is the stamp stock or handle, having flattened sides A, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The handle A is provided at one end with a reduced extension, a, which fits snugly within and is thereby affixed to a metal cylinder or type'receiver, B, in which is inserted a cylinder-shaped type, D, provided with a transverse recess, (7.

O is a spring or latch riveted to the cylinder B, as shown at c, and provided with a rectangular projection, c, which enters the cylinder B and type D through a corresponding perforation and recess in the parts, as fully shown in Fig. 3, and thus secures the connection of the type with the handle A.

The extension a of the handle A serves not only as the means of connecting the cylinder and stamp-handle, but acts as a base or seat for additionally securing the position of the type D.

E F is a type-receiver of similar construction to the type-receiver B O, and set into a corresponding recess of the handle A, which is provided with a slot, to, for giving access to and clearing the action of the latch F.

The type D may be made either solid or hollow.

Both ends of the handle A may be provided with extensions a, for securing the type-receiyers, or both ends may be recessed and the type-receivers inserted therein, as shown at E.

To use the mechanism, thehandleisgrasped between the fingers at the flat part A, noting the position of thelatches, which indicate that of the type, and thus will insure the type beingheld in away to leave its impression in proper relative position. The type is sup- 'plied with ink by being brought in contact with a pad or other object supplied with ink, when the desired impressions can be made in any desired positions on the document or page of the blank-book much more rapidly than is otherwise practicable. When both letters and figures are necessary to beused in different parts of the sheet or adjacent to each other, the typereceiver E may be provided with either letters or figures, as the case Imay be; or it may be provided with a penpoint, and the mechanism thus utilized and adapted to saving time by use for manuscript writing.

Having explained the construction and use of my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

The fingerstamp consisting of the handle provided with flattened depressions on two opposite sides for the grasp of the thumb and finger, the sockets at each end of the handle for receiving changeable type, and provided with spring-latches, whereby the types are remo'vably secured in the sockets and the proper position of the character for printing is readily determined, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARLO L. ERSKINE.

Witnesses: H. A. HALL,

S. T. LUOKETT. 

